[jinx20001]

certainly headphones. i have a cowon D2 > se530 = not perfect, i want more bass.

 

[Uncle Erik]

The RS-1.

 

[Huxley]

Sleek customs for me came to about £300 time i factor everything in.

And yes they were worth it.

 

[forsberg]

I wonder who voted interconnects...

 

[jinx20001]

Quote:

Originally Posted by forsberg /img/forum/go_quote.gif I wonder who voted interconnects...

x2 thats one hectic setup for sure if thats the most expensive component! either that or hes got some seriously cheap rubbish going on.

 

[walkingman]

Discounting my ThinkPad, the single most expensive equipment I have is the IE 8.

No regrets at all.

 

[Lil' Knight]

My ESW10

 

[immtbiker]

My most expensive portable set up:

I have a slight channel imbalance problem though, because I can only carry it on one shoulder:

 

[Pianist]

^^ lol

 

[nsx_23]

Sennheiser IE8, which was just a tad more than my Corda XXS.

 

[ILikeMusic]

The basic recommendation for just about forever is to spend 80% of your budget on speakers and the rest on everything else, and while that formula may not always work out with IEMs the basic truth behind the advice hasn't changed. Buy the very best speakers/headphones/IEMs you can afford and spend what's left over on the source.

 

[LFC_SL]

Headphones

If I adjusted the spending in the sig and took out everything but headphones, it is a negligible hit

 

[immtbiker]

Quote:

Originally Posted by ILikeMusic /img/forum/go_quote.gif The basic recommendation for just about forever is to spend 80% of your budget on speakers and the rest on everything else, and while that formula may not always work out with IEMs the basic truth behind the advice hasn't changed. Buy the very best speakers/headphones/IEMs you can afford and spend what's left over on the source.

I don't agree with this at all. What's the sense of having a gorgeous house with all of the amenities, if it is built on a foundation of mud and wood shavings?

UE-11's out of a cheap source, is still going to sound worse than a mid end pair of headphones out of a mid end source.

Hence the expression, garbage in/garbage out.

 

[Headphile808]

RSA P-51 Mustang
Aloha

Headphile808

 

[ILikeMusic]

Quote:

Originally Posted by immtbiker /img/forum/go_quote.gif I don't agree with this at all. What's the sense of having a gorgeous house with all of the amenities, if it is built on a foundation of mud and wood shavings? UE-11's out of a cheap source, is still going to sound worse than a mid end pair of headphones out of a mid end source.

Actually I think it's even truer today than in the past since sources now are really very little different from one another compared to times gone by. Decades ago (age of LP's and cassettes) source quality could vary dramatically but in today's digital world, well, just about everything is +/- 0.5 dB 20-20,000 hz, .005% THD, and a SNR above 80+ dB, with zero wow/flutter... specs only dreamed of a short while ago. It's kind of funny how desperate people these days are to try to hear differences, trying to pick apart one DAC from another, etc.

Anyway, obviously if the source is somehow badly deficient in one way or the other that would skew results but otherwise by far the biggest differences these days are heard in the choice of headphone/IEM. The advice to spend your money there first has never been more correct.

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